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...A coroner and procurement organization shall cooperate in the timely removal of a part from a decedent for the purpose of life-saving organ transplantation or therapy if an anatomical gift has been or might be made of the part and either of the following is the case: (A) The decedent's body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner and a post-mortem examination or autopsy is not required. (B) The dece...

...If an anatomical gift of a part from a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner has been or might be made and, after any necessary consultation with the prosecuting attorney, it is determined that the recovery of the part could interfere with the determination of the decedent's cause or manner of death, the coroner shall communicate with a procurement organization or physician or technician desi...

...A coroner and a procurement organization shall enter into an agreement establishing protocols and procedures governing the relations between them when an anatomical gift of a part from a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner has been or might be made, but the coroner believes that the recovery of the part could interfere with the post-mortem investigation into the decedent's cause...

...In the absence of an agreement entered into under section 2108.265 of the Revised Code establishing protocols and procedures governing the relations between a coroner and a procurement organization, if the coroner intends to deny recovery of an organ for transplantation or therapy from a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner, the coroner or the coroner's designee, at the request of...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if the coroner or the coroner's designee denies recovery of an organ, tissue, or eye from a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner, the coroner or designee shall do all of the following: (1) Explain in a record the specific reasons for not allowing recovery of the part; (2) Include in the records of the coroner the specific reasons...

...If a procurement organization refuses to accept an anatomical gift of a part from a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of a coroner, the organization shall explain to the coroner, in writing, the organization's reasons for not accepting the part.

...If the coroner or the coroner's designee allows recovery of a part under section 2108.263, 2108.264, 2108.265, or 2108.266 of the Revised Code, the procurement organization shall, on the coroner's request, cooperate with the coroner in any documentation of injuries and the preservation and collection of evidence prior to and during the recovery of the part and shall provide the coroner with a record de...

...If a coroner or a coroner's designee attends a removal procedure under section 2108.266 of the Revised Code, on request of the coroner or coroner's designee the procurement organization requesting the recovery of the organ shall reimburse the office of the coroner for the additional costs incurred in attending the removal procedure. Any reimbursement made under this section shall be applied directly to,...

...Any recovery or removal procedure conducted under section 2108.263, 2108.264, 2108.265, or 2108.266 of the Revised Code shall be conducted within a period compatible with the preservation of parts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.

...A coroner or coroner's designee shall not be subject to liability in tort or other civil action for denying recovery of a part from a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner.

...In applying and construing the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act enacted in sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

...This section and sections 2108.01 to 2108.28 of the Revised Code modify, limit, and supersede the "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act," 15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in division 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7003(b). Nothing in this section,...

...Subject to the prohibition in section 2108.18 of the Revised Code, the procuring, furnishing, donating, processing, distributing, or using of human whole blood, plasma, blood products, blood derivatives, and products, corneas, bones, organs, or other human tissue except hair, for the purpose of injecting, transfusing, or transplanting the fluid or body part in another human body, is considered for all purp...

...Any person seventeen years of age or older may, without consent of the person's parent or guardian, donate blood in a voluntary blood program that is not operated for profit. Any person sixteen years of age but less than seventeen years of age may, with consent of the person's parent or guardian, donate blood in a voluntary blood program that is not operated for profit. Before obtaining blood donations from s...

...The bureau of motor vehicles shall maintain a toll-free telephone number available twenty-four hours a day that the public may use to obtain information on becoming an organ, tissue, or eye donor as provided in section 2108.05 of the Revised Code. The bureau of motor vehicles shall pay the costs of maintaining the toll-free telephone number.

...(A) The bureau of motor vehicles, registrar of motor vehicles, deputy registrars of motor vehicles, and agents and employees of the bureau of motor vehicles are not liable for damages in any civil action or subject to prosecution in a criminal proceeding for acting, attempting to act, or failing to act in accordance with section 2108.23, 2108.32, or 4501.024 of the Revised Code, unless the act, attempt, or omission w...

... (6) Cooperation with the Ohio Supreme Court, Ohio State Bar Association, and law schools of this state to more effectively educate attorneys about the donation of anatomical gifts and to encourage them to assist their clients in donating anatomical gifts through anatomical gift declarations, durable powers of attorney for health care, and any other appropriate means; (7) Cooperation with the state medical board, ...

...(A) There is hereby created within the department of health the second chance trust fund advisory committee, consisting of eleven members. The members shall include the following: (1) One representative of each of the following appointed by the director of health: (a) An Ohio organ procurement organization that is a member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; (b) An Ohio tissue bank that is ...

...(A) As used in this section and sections 2108.37 and 2108.38 of the Revised Code: (1) "Auxiliary aid or service" means an aid or service that is used to provide information to an individual with a cognitive, developmental, intellectual, neurological, or physical disability and is available in a format or manner that allows the individual to easily understand the information. An auxiliary aid or service may include t...

...n. The action shall be commenced in the court of common pleas of the county in which the violation occurred or is occurring. (B) In an action commenced under this section, the court shall schedule a hearing as soon as practicable and shall apply the same standards when rendering judgment as would be applied in an action brought in federal court under the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990," 42 U.S.C. 12101 e...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Covered person" means a policyholder, subscriber, enrollee, member, or individual covered by a health benefit plan. (2) "Health benefit plan" means a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement offered by a health plan issuer to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any of the costs of health care services, including benefit plans marketed in the individual or grou...

...An individual is dead if the individual has sustained either irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain, including the brain stem, as determined in accordance with accepted medical standards. If the respiratory and circulatory functions of a person are being artificially sustained, under accepted medical standards a determination...

...(A) Subject to section 2108.521 of the Revised Code, an autopsy or post-mortem examination may be performed upon the body of a deceased person by a licensed physician or surgeon if consent has been given by the person who has the right of disposition under section 2108.70 or 2108.81 of the Revised Code. (B) Consent to an autopsy or post-mortem examination given under this section may be revoked only by the person ex...

...Any licensed physician or surgeon who, in good faith and acting in reliance upon an instrument of consent for an autopsy or post-mortem examination executed under section 2108.50 of the Revised Code and without actual knowledge of revocation of that consent, performs an autopsy or post-mortem examination is not liable in a civil or criminal action brought against the licensed physician or surgeon for that act.

...The requirements of section 2108.50 of the Revised Code do not apply to a post-mortem or other examination performed under sections 313.01 to 313.22 of the Revised Code, or to medical, surgical, and anatomical study performed under sections 1713.34 to 1713.42 of the Revised Code.